Why do you need an Environmental Management System ?

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Why do you need an Environmental Management
System ?

• Debra McDaniel CSP
• Columbian Chemicals Company
• Ulysses, Kansas

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Why an EMS for me initially?

• Former Environmental Coordinator retiring
• Loosing a great deal of tribal knowledge
• No formal or organized system
• Internal audit program
• Inexperienced replacement-me!
• Full time Safety/Health duties
• Part time Six Sigma project coordinator
• Company global Ergonomics champion

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Why an EMS for me?

• Pending Title V permit
• Upcoming MACT compliance
• Permit activity
• Air construction
• Solid Waste
• Hazardous Waste
• Water Pollution Prevention
• AST Program
• Water Use Program
• Upcoming project application

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Why an EMS for me
honestly?
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Why an EMS for me now?

• Our management system is in control
• Used as a checklist
• Used to add new programs/processes and training
• Keep up with legal requirements, training,
  inspections

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Why an EMS for me now?

• BECAUSE IT WORKS!

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Why an EMS for you?

• Compliance
• Good business case
• Company strategic/operating plan
• Sustainable development
• Savings Financial Environmental
• Its the right thing to do

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Benefits of an EMS

• Policy to define and set tone, values and
  expectations
• Organize your process
• Record keeping a must
• Legal compliance
• Risk ranking (aspects/impacts analysis)
• Continual improvement
• Employee involvement/ownership
• Savings Environmental Financial

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Its all about compliance

• Dont need KDHEs special attention
• Find out what you need to know
• Legal compliance vs. BMPs
• Permit organization
• Permit activity
• Record keeping
• Compliance reporting

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Maintain/Improve Compliance

• Keep up with current changes KDHE Solid
  Waste Update Hazardous Waste
  Connection Annual Conference
• Biennial Air Conference
• Kansas SBEAP AIRlines,
  Envirolines, more
• CSI Citation-subscription service to FR

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Must get organized

• Establish compliance calendar
• Use electronic helps
• MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, etc
• Use a large annual wall calendar
• Organizers (Run-timer, Covey, etc)
• What ever it takes for you

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If there are compliance questions

• Notify plant/site management
• Contact corporate (if applicable)
• Contact Kansas SBEAP Free Expertise/Advi
  se
• Contact KDHE Very good working relationships
• Co-operative attitude Willing to help you
• Transparency is best-create trust

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My Calendar
Excel Spreadsheet At-a-Glance Excellent
metric Kept on common drive GM-keep abreast of
activities Managers-see if someone else needs
assistance Electronic-easily shared
Read-only or password protect
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My Calendar
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Help is available 400
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Basic Elements 14001

• Aspects/Impacts Analysis
• Set Targets/Objectives from AI
• Develop programs from TO
• Monitor
• Measured results

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Risk Ranking Exercise-Aspects Impacts Analysis
Aspect Rating Value Description
Probability of Occurrence 5 4 3 2 1 daily or continuously weekly monthly annually less frequently than annually
Consequence of Impact 5 4 3 2 1 very severe severe medium acceptable insignificant
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T/Os
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Programs
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Benefits of an EMS

• Pollution prevention/reduction
• Cost avoidance of disposal/clean up
• Energy savings/cost avoidance
• Spill/scrap reduction revenue increase
• Capital avoidance/deference/decrease
• Decrease depreciation
• Improve budget planning (expense capital)

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Employee awareness is key

• For compliance
• Eyes/ears of your facility
• Critical for reporting issues
• Will help if asked
• For personal responsibility
• Grass root changes start at home
• For the next generation

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Employee champions

• MR crew
• Leak-A-Week Project
• Unmarked containers DEATH
• Training/monitoring other employees
• Departmental E audits (qtr)

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Personal responsibility

• 48 of employees carpooling
• Preventing 1150 tons of green house gasses
• 1.2 million gallons of water saved at shower
  house annually (low flow heads)
• Recycling 90 of eligible materials
• After school training programs

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What kind of savings?

• Reduced HAPS by 98 (MACT)
• A 66 reduction in hazardous waste generation
• A 96 reduction in Hoppercar fuel grade (scrap)
  generation and
• Bag house filter failure project190k
• 80 projects resulting in 1.2 million
  savings/cost avoidance

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What next?

• TGF boiler project (waste gas)
• Reduce NG use by 90
• NG avoidance of 130k/month
• HAPs reduction of 98
• Options of co-gen or other energy recover

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Conclusion

• An EMS is a great tool to help when you have
  little or no experience in E
• An EMS is a great tool to organize an E process
• An EMS is a great tool to assist with compliance
  issues
• An EMS will help prevent pollution
• An EMS will help improve your bottom line